Business functions & processes
- Finance, treasury and consolidation
- Procurement, sales and order-to-cash
- Supply chain, manufacturing and assets
- HR, payroll, projects and service
Dependable Core
Connect how your business
operates, governs and reports.
Your ERP is more than one product. We design, deliver and run the whole ecosystem around it: platforms, connected applications, integration, data, cloud and country compliance. We are product-agnostic, so the choice follows your needs.
Leadership experiences
What a dependable core has meant for our clients.
One set of numbers across 153 countries
British Council · Public & cultural sector · 153 countries
One finance platform across 153 countries, with an automated close in 4 days.
A group built by acquisition, run as one
Spectris · Precision instrumentation · Global
140+ companies on one SAP Central Finance and Ariba platform, £12M+ savings.
Ten factories on one platform
Ethiopian Sugar Corporation · Agriculture & food processing · Ethiopia
10 factories on one JD Edwards platform: East Africa’s largest JD Edwards programme.
A core kept dependable for the long term
NSSF Uganda · Social security · Uganda
A long-standing partnership: the JD Edwards estate stabilised, upgraded twice and now moving to Oracle.
Controls a global group can rely on
ABB · Industrial technology · Global
Segregation of duties automated in SAP S/4HANA, with 30%+ lower risk exposure.
A faster, more accurate close
DAMAC · Real estate
A faster close and more accurate reconciliation on Oracle EPM Cloud.
Billing at national scale
British Gas · Energy & utilities · UK
10M+ accounts on paperless billing.
An ageing estate made stable and scalable
Vanguard Logistics · Logistics · Multi-country operations
A stable, scalable ERP and database estate across multiple countries, moved to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
What we mean by Dependable Core
Not one product.
The whole ERP ecosystem.
An ERP programme is never just software. It reaches every function, every data flow, every control and every partner outside your walls. We design, deliver and run the whole ecosystem, across SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Workday and Odoo, so it works as one.
Dependable CoreYour ERP ecosystem: one set of processes, records and controls the whole enterprise can rely on
Platforms & connected applications
- SAP S/4HANA and ECC, including Central Finance, Group Reporting and Ariba
- Oracle E-Business Suite, Fusion and EPM Cloud
- JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, including Orchestrator
- Workday and Odoo
- Connected CRM, planning, procurement and HR applications
Integration, data & Artificial Intelligence
- Each vendor’s route to Artificial Intelligence (AI): SAP Business AI Platform (BAIP), Oracle AI Agent Studio, and Oracle Cloud AI services for JD Edwards
- Integration, APIs and middleware, including JD Edwards Orchestrator
- Master data governance, data platforms, reporting and analytics
- Governed agents that inherit your ERP’s roles, permissions and approvals
Controls, tax & localisation
- Security, access and segregation of duties
- Audit trail and internal controls
- Tax, e-invoicing and statutory reporting
- Data privacy, residency and country requirements
The surrounding ecosystem
- Customers and channels
- Suppliers, dealers and logistics partners
- Banks and payment providers
- Tax authorities, regulators and marketplaces
Run, assure & improve
- Independent platform selection and business case
- Programme assurance and quality review
- Migration, testing, cutover and hypercare
- Cloud, application management and disaster recovery
We are product-agnostic: platform and vendor choices follow your requirements, not a vendor's roadmap.
Product-agnostic, by design
We deliver on SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Workday and Odoo, and we are not tied to any of them. We start from your business, your countries and the estate you already run, then recommend what suits you best. Sometimes that means keeping what already works.
Advise
Independent platform selection, the business case, and programme assurance for programmes already under way, including those delivered by others.
Deliver
Fit-gap, design, build, data migration, testing, cutover and adoption, with one accountable team.
Run
Application management and support after go-live, with a continuous improvement backlog and agreed service measures.
Where you are today
Start from your situation,
not from a product.
Boards rarely ask for an ERP programme. They face a deadline, a risk or a limit on growth. Choose the one closest to yours to see how we respond.
“Our ERP is reaching the end of support.”
Decide the route on evidence, not on the vendor’s timetable.
- Convert, re-implement or move selectively: for example ECC to S/4HANA, E-Business Suite to Fusion, or a JD Edwards upgrade
- An independent business case and platform fit, before you commit
- A clean core, so the next upgrade costs less
- Waves planned around your business calendar and year-end
“We run too many systems, and none of them agree.”
One template, fewer instances, connected by design.
- Consolidate instances into one or a few
- A global template, rolled out in waves
- Fewer, better-connected applications around a standard core
- Master data governance, so every system tells the same story
“Finance cannot close fast enough, or see clearly.”
Processes, data and controls redesigned together.
- Record-to-report, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash and treasury
- Chart of accounts redesign and a single source of truth
- Planning, forecasting and consolidation
- Segregation of duties and continuous controls monitoring
- Reconciliation and forecasting assisted by AI
“A regulator has set the deadline.”
Compliance delivered inside the core, not bolted on.
- E-invoicing and real-time tax reporting
- Statutory reporting under IFRS and local GAAP
- Data privacy and residency
- Payment formats and banking changes, such as ISO 20022
- AI governance and regulatory readiness
“We need to move to the cloud, safely.”
A tested path, with the option to keep data in country.
- Cloud and hosting migration, including in-country and sovereign cloud
- Integration modernisation, for example onto SAP Business AI Platform (BAIP)
- Application management and support after go-live
- Backup and disaster recovery, tested against agreed objectives
“Our programme is under way, and we are worried.”
An independent view for the board, then a way back to plan.
- Independent programme assurance and quality review, whoever is delivering
- A recovery plan with named owners and dates
- Data migration and cutover readiness, checked before go-live
- Testing, cutover and hypercare, with adoption measured after go-live
Example: a pension fund’s JD Edwards estate stabilised, upgraded twice and now being migrated to Oracle E-Business Suite.
We call a migration a migration. A technical conversion is often the right choice. It should be funded on its own case, not on the benefits of a business transformation it will not deliver.
NectarGlobal Assurance · Decision gates
Control the commitments that matter.
ERP programmes rarely fail in the build. They fail when money and go-live dates are committed before the evidence is ready. Five gates put that evidence in front of your sponsor first. The criteria and owners are agreed for each engagement.
Gate 1 · Value
Agree the investment case.
Evidence on the tableOperating baseline, expected benefits and accountable sponsor.
Gate 2 · Design
Approve the target operating model.
Evidence on the tableProcess and platform fit, data ownership, integrations and controls.
Gate 3 · Validation
Confirm the business can run.
Evidence on the tableEnd-to-end tests, reconciled migration and cutover rehearsal.
Gate 4 · Transition
Authorise the move to live operation.
Evidence on the tableUser readiness, service ownership and tested recovery arrangements.
Gate 5 · Performance
Review the realised return.
Evidence on the tableFinance-validated benefits, adoption, reliability and ongoing cost.
At every gate the accountable sponsor makes one of three decisions, on the evidence in front of them.
- ProceedThe evidence holds. Release the next commitment.
- ResolveClose a named gap first, with an owner and a date.
- ReconsiderChange the scope, or stop, before more is spent.
The people behind the work
Know the people.
Understand their contribution.
Leaders for financial control, connected production and service continuity. Your proposal confirms the team.
Shankar Visveswaran
Ravi Shankar R
Mary AgnelPeople and adoption
A platform goes live.
People make the change real.
Much of an ERP business case depends on people working differently from the first day, and continuing to. It is also the budget most often cut when a schedule slips. Our change and adoption practice is designed in from the first week and stays until the new way of working is the normal way.
Where programmes usually slip, and what we do instead
- Change bolted on at the endDesigned in from the first week.
- The change budget cut when the schedule slipsProtected in the plan, and owned by the sponsor.
- Line managers left outBriefed before their teams, and accountable for adoption.
- Go-live treated as the finish lineSuccess measured months later, in benefits.
- People asked to do two jobs at onceWorkload planned, with backfill where it is needed.
What the board sees
- Readiness gate results
- Proficiency by role
- Usage and workarounds
- Support ticket trends
- Benefits against the case
“Go-live is the day adoption starts, not the day it’s done.”
We treat resistance as information. It often points to a real problem in the design or the workload, and fixing it early is cheaper than fixing it after go-live.
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Before we begin
Questions leaders ask
What is a Dependable Core?
It is your whole ERP ecosystem working as one: one set of processes, records and controls the enterprise can rely on. It covers business functions, the ERP and the applications around it, integration and data, controls and tax, the partners you connect to, and the support that keeps it running.
Which ERP platforms do you work with?
SAP S/4HANA and ECC, Oracle E-Business Suite, Fusion and EPM Cloud, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Workday and Odoo. We are product-agnostic: the platform choice follows your business, your countries and the estate you already run. Sometimes that means keeping what already works.
Our ERP is reaching the end of support. What are our options?
Convert, re-implement or move selectively: for example ECC to S/4HANA, E-Business Suite to Fusion, or a JD Edwards upgrade. We start with an independent business case and platform fit before you commit, and plan the waves around your business calendar and year-end.
Can you take over or assure a programme another firm is delivering?
Yes. We provide independent platform selection, the business case and programme assurance, including for programmes already under way and delivered by others. We do not disparage other firms; we give your board an independent view.
How does the ERP connect to Artificial Intelligence?
Through each vendor's own route, such as SAP Business AI Platform, Oracle AI Agent Studio and Oracle Cloud AI services for JD Edwards. Agents inherit your ERP's roles, permissions and approvals, so they act within controls you already have.
Do you support the system after go-live?
Yes. We run application management and support after go-live, with a continuous improvement backlog and agreed service measures, alongside cloud, hosting and disaster recovery.
NectarGlobal perspectives
Related perspectives
Practical thinking on enterprise decisions, operating continuity and accountable change.
Enterprise Artificial Intelligence & strategy
Adding Artificial Intelligence to Oracle E-Business Suite or JD Edwards: build between the systems, not on top of them
The quickest way to lose a finance director's attention is to demonstrate an AI (AI) dashboard her ERP already ships. Oracle includes Enterprise Command Centers with E-Business Suite, and the implementer across the table has usually promised a generative assistant of its own for the next phase.
Dependable Core & operations
Twenty years with one system: what long-lived ERP teaches about trust
Picture the finance office of a pension fund on a month-end evening, early in the life of a new system. The trial balance has printed, and it is being checked against the members’ ledger by hand, because nobody in the room yet has reason to believe the system. Twenty years on, in the same office, the same close finishes in daylight. Nobody asks whether the number is right. They ask what it means.
Dependable Core & operations
The first 30 days of a programme rescue
The last status report before a programme is declared in trouble is nearly always green. So on my first morning I ask for every steering committee pack the programme has produced, and I read them backwards until I reach one I can believe.
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